Hugs - Sleepy Bug - The Ladybug Collection - Bumble Buzz collection - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday everyone !  I hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of the Summer - it's a little bit cooler here  today - only 34C (LOL) but the heat still hasn't dropped off completely yet.

Today I have a whimsical floral card made using a combination of digital papers and one of the cute stamp sets.

I love when I can mix and match physical and digital products and they work so well together.

I started off by stamping Sleepy Bug in grey Versafine ink onto a piece of paper from  the Bumble Buzz collection and then layered this onto my card blank on a piece of grey satin card.

Next I chose one of the papers from the Chocolate & Marshmallow paper pad and stamps the flowers onto this with the grey ink.  I then fussy cut out the flowers to add to the bottom of the card using foam tape for dimension.

I used some coloured pencils to colour the flower stem, ladybug and the flower centres adding some subtle shading with darker shades.

I then used 3D glue gel to add the flowers to the card, curling up the edges of the petals for dimension.  

I used a word die to cut out hugs twice, layering these together before adding to my design.

Finishing touches were some pale pink gems.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - The Ladybug Collection - Sleepy Bug

JMC Designs - Bumble buzz Digital collection

JMC Designs - Chocolate & Marshmallow A5 paper pad

Buttons Galore & More gems - All is calm

Spectrum Noir Colouring pencils - Colorista collection

Versafine Clair - Morning mist

LHC Slimline Multi envelope die - hugs word

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Quirky birds - Princess of Hearts Collection - Life is Sweeter - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday everyone !  I hope you are enjoying the Summer - its a little bit hot here so having to spend quite a bit of time indoors keeping out of the heat but hopefully a few more weeks and the heat will start to ease off.

Today I have a fun and quirky little card that I have made using the quirky bird from the Princess of Hearts Mini digital collection.  Its supposed to be a flamingo but I do like to make something different!

A few years ago we bought a quirky bird from a friends mum.  She had made it from varnished gourds and false flowers among other recycled bits and pieces and we love it. 

It's hanging in our lounge amongst the plants...we're not sure what type of bird it is but when I saw the digital image in this fun collection I knew I had to make a fun and quirky card using it. 

Certain to bring a smile to anyone's face I think LOL

I resized 2 of the images and reversed one of them before printing out along with one of the hearts and a sentiment from the collection.

The two quirky birds were coloured with my Polychromos pencils.

The  background was stencilled with distress inks and I added shading with a couple of pencils and highlights with a white gelly roll pen.

A simple die cut frame for the birds and some coloured card strips at the bottom for my fun card for today.

Finishing touches were white gelly roll pen highlights and glossy accents to the eyes . 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Princess of Hearts Mini Collection

Lawn Fawn stencil - falling hearts

Distress ink - salty ocean, picked raspberry

Posca pen - white

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Quick Cards - Toppers - Bumble Buzz Digital collection with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday - I hope you have all had a great week!

Its been so hot here this week and the temperatures are rising each day - it'll soon be 40C phew!  We had a lovely day out yesterday in Granada, wandering around streets we haven't explored and revisiting a small plaza that we first went to 19 years ago - needless to say there have been a lot of changes and one of our favourite little restaurants has been revamped and now has new owners ! sad but things change....

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards for JMC Designs  that I've created using the absolutely gorgeous Bumble Buzz Digital Collection.  I have to say I think this is probably my favourite of the digital collections - who doesn't love bees as they are such important little insects.

The gorgeous digital collection contains 

• 15 Digital Stamps
• 15 Pre Coloured Digital Stamps
• 6 Ephemera Sheets
• 5 Topper Sheets
• 4 Sentiment Sheets
• 23 papers.

and I think there's definitely something for everyone, if you love to colour or not.

I needed to make a couple of quick but pretty cards so I decided to use one of the topper sheets from the collection.  I printed out the sheet twice and adhered two toppers directly to may card bases leaving a small white outline around each.

Then I fussy cut out the floral elements and then adhered these onto each card for a little extra dimension.

To make the cards extra special I printed out a couple of sentiments and then foiled these with gold foil.

The finishing touches for both cards were some drops of glossy accents on the flowers, clear sparkle pen over the bees and a few pieces of gold confetti around the designs.

Two quick and simple cards all ready to post out next week.

I do hope that you like my cards for today and Id love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

JMC Designs - Bumble Buzz Digital collection

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Hugs and Fishes - Aquatic Adventures Collection with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday everyone !  I hope that you have had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Today I'm here to share a cute card that I have made using one of my favourite collections by JMC Designs.  Its the Aquatic Adventures collection and its packed with lots of fishy fun. This collection will be back on the website very soon

Its an A6 card loaded with pre-coloured elements, a paper and a sentiment from the collection. I started with one of the papers and then stencilled coral over the top in green and yellow ink.  Next I used a hillside die to cut some yellow card for the sand at the bottom of the sea, blending distress ink over the edge to separate the layers.  Foam tape was used to adhere the sand.

I then added lots of fish and different coral which had been fussy cut out, some flat to the card and others on foam for depth.  The sentiment was fussy cut out and ink blended with green and blue ink before adhering this to the design.

The finishing touches were stickles around the design, glossy accents bubbles and for the fishes eyes and some extra white pen highlights

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

JMC Designs - Aquatic Adventures

Ciao Bella Stencil Art - Coral stencil

Distress ink - twisted citron, tea dye, faded jeans

Distress oxide - scattered straw 

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Stickles - diamond

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

New Release - Lady Bug Collection - Peek a Bug - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Sunday everyone !  

I hope that you managed to watch the launch of the  brand New Release of stamps from JMC Designs on Hobby Maker yesterday and that  you have seen some of the fabulous samples created by the design team.

If you want to have a look at this lovely new collection then Julia created a product launch video here for you to take a look or why not head over to the Facebook Group where you will see all the fabulous samples for some inspiration. 

The collection will be available to buy from today Sunday 30th March on the JMC website   

Here is my next card using stamps from the Peek a bug set which have been stamped and coloured with Promarkers before fussy cutting out.  I created a 6" x 6" 3D scene card.

The piece of card  was 6 1/2" x 6" and then I used a cloud edge die to cut the top of the panel off.  Next I have used distress inks to create clouds and the hills at the bottom before scoring 1" on either side of the panel.  I also cut two 1" x 6 1/2" bridge pieces and adhered them into the card base.

I attached some green die cut grass to the bottom of the panel, a small die cut sunshine and then the coloured mushrooms were then attached to the different layers of the card to create the scene.

Finishing touches were white gelly roll pen highlights and glossy accents to the mushrooms and some gold confetti around the design. 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Peek a Bug

Lawn Fawn cloudy stencil

Lawn Fawn hillside stencil

Distress ink - twisted citron, tumbled glass

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

New Release - Lady Bug Collection - A Bugs Leaf - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday everyone !  Yeah , we're all super excited as it Launch day today for the brand New Release of stamps from JMC Designs. 

I hope you have seen some of the samples created by the team as it's a very cute collection of 4 A6 sets of polymer stamps featuring very sweet little ladybirds.

 
If you want to have a look at this lovely new collection then Julia has created a product launch video here for you to take a look. 

The collection will be available on Hobby maker today Friday 28th at 4pm and then on the JMC website  on the 30th March

Here is my next card using stamps from the A Bugs Leaf set which have been stamped and coloured with Promarkers to create a simple one layer scene.

Finishing touches were white gelly roll pen highlights and glossy accents to the rain drops and some clear iridescent sequins. 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - A bugs Leaf

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

New Release - Lady Bug Collection - Love Bug - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Thursday everyone !

Today I'm back to share my next card for the brand New Release of stamps from JMC Designs. It's a very cute collection of 4 A6 sets of polymer stamps featuring very sweet little ladybirds.

 
If you want to have a look at this lovely new collection then Julia has created a product launch video here for you to take a look. 

The collection will be available on Hobby maker tomorrow Friday 28th at 4pm and then on the JMC website  on the 30th March

Here is my next card using stamps from the Love Bug set which have been stamped and coloured with Promarkers before fussy cutting out.

For the background I have masked off the edges of a DL card blank and then used distress inks to create a cloudy background using a fabulous cloudy stencil from JMC designs (sadly no longer available but you could use the Beautiful Skies stencil to create a similar cloudy look.

Finishing touches were white gelly roll pen highlights and glossy accents to the sweet little bugs glasses. 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Love Bug

Distress inks - candied apple, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, black soot, tumbled glass, wilted violet, picked raspberry

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

New Release - Lady Bug Collection - Sleepy Bug - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Monday! I hope that you had a great weekend.

Today I'm back to share my first a card for the brand New Release of stamps from JMC Designs. It's a very cute collection of 4 A6 sets of polymer stamps featuring very sweet little ladybirds.

 
If you want to have a look at this lovely new collection then Julia has created a product launch video here for you to take a look. 

The collection will be available on Hobby maker from Friday 28th at 4pm and then on the JMC website  on the 30th March

Here is my first card  using stamps from the Sleepy Bug set which have been stamped and coloured with Promarkers before fussy cutting out.

For the background I have masked off the edges of a larger A7 5" x 7" card blank and then used distress oxide inks to create a simple hillside scene using copier paper to create the hill and the sun.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Sleepy Bug

Distress Oxides - salty ocean, prize ribbon, twisted citron, rustic wilderness, squeezed lemonade

Sugar and Spice sequins - unicorn mix

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Roofas - March Freebie Digital Stamp - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! I hope that you've had a great week and the weather has been kind where you are.... We've had loads of lovely rain for the last couple of weeks but hopefully we're getting a few days to dry up a little bit over the weekend.

Today I'm back to share a card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the March freebie digital stamp - this is Roofas .... he is a cute scruffy dog who looks like he might be very naughty !

 

Every month Julia McNeill very generously gives away a fabulous digital stamp, which is available to everyone in her Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive and also to her followers via Instagram, all you need is to use your email address to register for the stamp. 

Here is the link to register and download this months digital stamp.

If you have missed any of the previous freebies then Julia has kindly put together a list of them all with the links for each so you can download them and don't forget to share your projects in the group as we would love to see them.  Here is the full list of the freebies 

To create my more simpler masculine card for today today I've used some blue striped paper and navy card to give a cleaner simpler look.

I coloured Roofas with my Promarkers and finished off with Polychromos for added furry texture.  The doggy sentiment was added to the bottom of the panel along with some extra paw prints before printing out and adding to the card base.

The finishing touches were some simple white highlights around the image.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Roofas Freebie Digital Stamp

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - Winnie Lets Hang Out - Sentiment bundle

Craftwork Cards Papers - Take it Easy

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Purcasso - Freebie Digital Stamp - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! I hope that you've had a great week and the weather has been kind where you are. It's Andalusia Day or Día de Andalucía so a holiday ! yes I know another one....lol

Today I'm back to share a colourful card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the February freebie digital stamp - this is Purrcasso....he looks like he's having a lots of messy fun.

 

Every month Julia McNeill very generously gives away a fabulous digital stamp, which is available to everyone in her Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive and also to her followers via Instagram, all you need is to use your email address to register for the stamp. 

Here is the link to register and download this months digital stamp.

If you have missed any of the previous freebies then Julia has kindly put together a list of them all with the links for each so you can download them and don't forget to share your projects in the group as we would love to see them.  Here is the full list of the freebies 

To create my card today I've used distress inks directly onto the A6 card blank blending through a paint splatter stencil in a rainbow of colours and then splattered black watercolour paint over this to create my messy background. Next I stamped the two sentiments onto the card in black ink.

I coloured Purrcasso with my Polychromos for a softer furry look and then fussy cut him out before adding to the card with foam tape for dimension.

The finishing touches were some clear iridescent sequins around the design and glossy accents to the paint splatter.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Purrcasso Freebie Digital Stamp

Distress Inks - squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, peacock feathers, mowed lawn, candied apple, villainous potion, wilted violet

Lawn Fawn stencil - Paint splatter background.

Woodware sentiment stamps - rainbow gnome, garden dream catcher 

black watercolour paint

sugar and spice sequins - Unicorn mix

Glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Love & Hugs - New Release - Princess of Hearts Mini collection - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! 

I hope that you've had a great week, we've been really busy this week so I'm looking forward to a few quieter days over the weekend to catch up. 

Today I'm back to share a sweet card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the brand new Princess of Hearts mini collection.

This fabulous new mini digi kit contains:

• 1 digi image line art & pre coloured

• 2 ephemera sheets line art & pre coloured

• 3 digi papers

For my A7 card today I've used the pre-coloured roses and the pre-coloured princess from the kit.

I started by creating my background on the computer in my graphics software, layering multiple roses onto a panel but making sure to leave some white gaps between the flower.  I then printed this out along with the princess image.

I then fussy cut out the gaps between the roses and layered this onto raspberry card using foam tape for dimension.

The princess was also fussy cut out and mounted onto the card with foam tape along with one of the sentiments. 

Finishing touches were glossy accents  and some super sparkly gems around the design.

Don't forget to share your creations with this lovely new kit in the Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Princess of Hearts Mini digital collection

glossy accents

Pretty Pink Posh crystal gems - Sugar plum

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Life is Sweeter - New Release - Princess of Hearts Mini collection - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! 

I hope that you've had a great week and you are not suffering too much with the cold weather....it's lovely and sunny here during the day and quite hot if you are working in the sun but as soon as you are in the shade or inside the house it's blooming freezing... LOL oh well it will soon be Spring...The almond trees are already blossoming.

Today I'm back to share a sweet card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the brand new Princess of Hearts mini collection.

This fabulous new mini digi kit contains:

• 1 digi image line art & pre coloured

• 2 ephemera sheets line art & pre coloured

• 3 digi papers

It's definitely perfect for anyone that loves Alice in Wonderland or the very popular Wicked (I've still not seen it but it's on my watchlist !)

For my striking card today I've used the yummy looking fairy cake - coloured with promarkers and its also been foiled in hot pink although its quite hard to see in the photo.

I used the blank and white harlequin paper for the background with a simple offset white die cut heart splattered with metallic black watercolour paint.

Finishing touches were some black glossy drops around the design.

Don't forget to share your creations with this lovely new kit in the Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Princess of Hearts Mini digital collection

Minc Foil - hot pink

Black glossy drops

Metallic black watercolour paint.

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Silly Snowman - Freebie Digital Stamp - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! I hope that you've had a great week and you are nearly ready for Christmas.

Today I'm back to share a Christmas card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the December freebie digital stamp - this is the Silly Snowman and I think he's perfect for a few people I know after a little too much festive partying.

Every month Julia McNeill very generously gives away a fabulous digital stamp, which is available to everyone in her Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive and also to her followers via Instagram, all you need is to use your email address to register for the stamp. 

Here is the link to register and download this months digital stamp.

If you have missed any of the previous freebies then Julia has kindly put together a list of them all with the links for each so you can download them and don't forget to share your projects in the group as we would love to see them.  Here is the full list of the freebies 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Silly Snowman digital freebie

Polkadoodles Digital Sentiment - 

Distress Inks - peacock feathers

Lawn Fawn Hillside stencil

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicle Blue

Posca pen - white

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x